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Goodyear Donates Blimp Gondola to Crawford Auto Aviation Museum

Source: PR Newswire – PRNewswire.com The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company  announced today that it will donate the gondola from the Spirit of Goodyear blimp to the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland.

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Hybrid Air Vehicles Launches Engine Test Program for Airlander 10

Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles Hybrid Air Vehicles are pleased to have welcomed Sir Gerald Howarth, MP who has officially started the Airlander 10 Engine Test Program.  This marks another major milestone on the journey to bring the Airlander 10 to … Continue reading

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Project Loon: Google’s Stratospheric Internet Balloons

Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Tom Simonite Billions of people could get online for the first time thanks to helium balloons that Google will soon send over many places cell towers don’t reach.

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A Curious British Airship Experiment

Source: BBC News Magazine – bbc.com By Justin Parkinson Britain was seen to lag behind other countries during the global airship-building race of the 1920s and 1930s. But a quirky scientific experiment 85 years ago briefly gave a boost to … Continue reading

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Getting Married On the Fly

Source: Air & Space/Smithsonian – airspacemag.com By Rebecca Maksel Couples who wed in balloons and airplanes. On July 4, 1883, Walter Davis and Rose Kennedy stepped into the basket of a hot air balloon and, after ascending 50 feet, were … Continue reading

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